Europe
Surge in online sports viewing
New viewing trends highlights the potential value of online rights especially in developing markets, report says
French deal the first step in Al Jazeera’s global strategy
Al Jazeera makes aggressive move to get into sports-rights business
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: Handball, horse racing, mixed martial arts, and more
Handball: Setanta Africa, the sub-Saharan Africa sports broadcaster, acquired the rights for the European Handball Federation Champions League Final Four in a deal with the Sportsman Media Group
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: IAAF events, Aussie Rules, boxing, equestrianism, golf
Athletics: Australian public-service broadcaster SBS acquired the rights for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in a deal with the Dentsu agency
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Football: Euro 2012, Uefa events, K-League and more
Football: The Sportfive agency, which markets the Euro 2012 media rights in Asia and Oceania for Uefa, European football’s governing body, signed a deal for the rights with Thailand media and entertainment g…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Champions League, Europa League and more
Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, for the rights for the Uefa Champions League in the UK with commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television b…
EBU and IMG provide platform for global growth
THe FEI believes its new rights deals will expand exposure and increase revenues over the next four years
MTG moves into pole position for Swedish rights
The Sportfive agency is on the verge of a breakthrough in Scandinavia for its Olympic Games rights
More primetime games as NHL targets Europe
NHL exploring several innovations to increase rights fees in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Mediapro’s tough Liga stance with Asian broadcasters
Mediapro looking to reap rewards for its Liga rights across Asia
Fastrack: Issue 15:9
Japan withdrawal could hit Traffic Copa revenues ... Sportfive Euro progress in Asia ... Infront narrows down bidders
‘Must have’ sport not immune to price cuts in UK’s bear market
UK Champions League rights fee falls in sign of the times
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 4: Tennis: US Open, Wimbledon, WTA Tour, ATP tour and more
Tennis: The IMG agency agreed a four-year deal, from 2013 to 2016, to advise on the distribution of the media rights for the US Open in Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan) and Australia,…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 3: Motorsport, rugby union, squash, table tennis and more
Motorsport: Austrian public-service broadcaster ORF extended its rights deal with Formula One until 2014. The rights include interviews, archive footage, practice and qualifying rounds and the race itself
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, badminton, baseball, IPL cricket, MMA and more
Archive: UK pay-television operator ESPN agreed an archive sports programming deal with public-service broadcaster the BBC. More than 80 hours of archive footage will be shown on the ESPN Classic channel
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football: Champions League, Football League and more
Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body agreed deals in Germany and Austria for the Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15.
RFL shakes up rights packages to stoke cool market
The RFL has revamped the live TV rights packages on offer in its latest UK domestic rights tender.
DFB tenders rights for first time but faces drop in value
Competition expected but package value hit by subtraction of centralised qualifier rights.